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Can a Christian Lose Their Salvation?
March 5, 2025 · 55 min
Have you ever wondered...can I lose by salvation? Join Pastor Kenny Luck as he unpacks what the scripture has to say about God's eternal plan for salvation and the hope of the Gospel!
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Have you ever wondered...can I lose by salvation? Join Pastor Kenny Luck as he unpacks what the scripture has to say about God's eternal plan for salvation and the hope of the Gospel! ...more Show the full description Show less Have you ever wondered...can I lose by salvation? Join Pastor Kenny Luck as he unpacks what the scripture has to say about God's eternal plan for salvation and the hope of the Gospel!
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The Importance of Unanswered Questions 0:01 Penny luck here. I'm going out on a limb, but I'm just guessing that there are some unanswered questions that you could live your whole life never knowing the answer to. Like, what0:13 is the most money ever paid for a Bluefin Tuna? Now, you could go your whole life not knowing the answer to that question, and you're just gonna get along just fine, but just so0:25 you know. The answer to the question is 3100000.0 dollars was paid for a bluefin tuna. It was bought by the owner of a Japanese sushi chain0:37 and by the way his nickname is the king of sushi. Right? So there are some questions you could go your whole life not knowing the answer to. No biggie, but now you got a fun fact you can share with your friend. Now0:48 there's some unanswered questions that be cool to know. Maybe because you share, you have some stake in the answer to that question like, how long does the average person1:01 spend on their smartphone on a daily basis? Right? Now I'm interested in that. You're probably interested in that because you own a smartphone. And the answer, I don't wanna keep1:13 you in suspense, is about 5.4 hours on a daily basis. So that's your digital war that you fight,1:24 looking at your phone. But then, there are some unanswered questions that you have to have an answer to. They are1:37 central to who you are. They're central to how you live. They're central, listen, to the level of peace you experience on a daily1:49 basis. Those questions, you got to have an answer to. And the reason that you're watching this episode is because the question we're gonna answer2:01 is central to the life of every believer, all 2800000000.0 of us because it's connected to a believer's peace, It's connected to2:13 a believer's identity. It's connected to a believer's. Listen, daily experience with Christ. It's also central to a group that you might not think. This is2:25 central to those of you who are listening, who are sort of checking Christianity out. You're looking in. You're considering a relationship with God. And2:37 so the answer to the question, Can a Christian lose their salvation? Is central. It's not peripheral. It's not tangential. It's central2:49 if you're a follower of Christ and if you're looking in on Christianity. So to get us thinking in the right direction on this question, I just want to ask you, and you're going to have to self answer this.3:01 Alright? Where are you in the birth order of your family? Are you a firstborn or onlyborn child? There's a lot of you, I'm sure, that would be raising your hand right now. And then there's theFamily Dynamics and Spiritual Security 3:13 group that I call my Bette Midlers. They're the middle children. They're the peacemakers, they're kind of between first and last, they fall into that middle category, a lot of you would raise your hand3:25 on that. And then there's a lot of you that are listening and you're like me, You're the baby. You are the last child born in your family, however big or3:36 small that is, and yours truly is the last of 7 kids. I am 5 years separated from my closest sibling, and you know, there's an up and a3:48 downside of being the baby in a large family. Now the upside is that you're the baby. It's the principle of parental energy dilution. In4:00 other words, the first kid, the parents are totally focused on that 1 child. Then as each consecutive child is born, just watch the level level of photography,4:12 right, go down. Energy, ability to keep up with, you know, they start playing zone defense, right, to keep up with the number of children. And so you4:24 benefit when you're the baby. You know, they're not as in your business, and they're not tracking you as hard, and of course, your older siblings are just like, Yeah, when I was your age, mom and dad didn't do4:35 this or that, right? So that's kind of a benefit. And the other benefit is that you're the baby, and it's kinda cool to be the baby. I grew up with 2 sisters. They would take me, like, to high school games and stuff like4:47 that, and I just, like, walk in with them, you know, get to go to the games, and they're like, this is my baby brother. It's so great. And then they introduce you to their friends who are older. They're like they're,4:59 like, so old at 16 and 17. They're like, this is my baby brother, and they're like, oh, he's so cute. And you're just like, I don't even know how to process that, but it's cool. So that's the upside, but there's a5:10 big downside. When you have 5 boys and 2 girls living in 1 household. When you're the baby and mom and dad are tired, that means that5:22 you're a human lab experiment. I mean, my brothers and sisters used to test things out on me. They used to play, pranks on me all the time. They used to tell me to do5:34 things and then I wouldn't get hurt and then I did them, and of course, I got hurt and they're they're laughing like hyenas, you know, behind the wall until my mom says, what happened? You know, they would kill5:46 the power so all the lights would go out in my house at the same time and scare me. Actually, signed a contract with my 2 older sisters to be their personal slave until5:58 I was 15. Those same 2 sisters, if they're watching, you know this is true. They actually told me I was adopted. They tried to convince me that I was adopted, and they started calling me Kenya.6:10 And they said, we're calling you that because your parents were trampled by elephants in Kenya, and that's why they called you Kenny. Okay. So, you know, being the last of6:22 7, it it it's good and bad. But you know what? Sometimes, when you're 5 years removed from your closest sibling, when you're battling to just be a part of this family, when you get6:34 left out of stuff simply because you're too young or you're not tall enough or whatever, then you make a choice within your family that has some consequences. And my6:46 big day where I made a choice that had consequences was on a Saturday morning, I woke up and I went to go ride my prized possession, which was6:58 a yellow Schwinn Stingray, had a banana seat, the high handlebars, and that bike was synonymous with7:10 freedom. I mean, you get on that thing and you start pedaling, you feel the wind in your face, it's beautiful. Right? And I take off, and7:22 then I'm gone for a little while on this Saturday morning early. I come back home, and our big, huge Mercury Marquis station wagon is gone.7:35 K? And there's nobody home, and all the doors are locked, of course, and I'm like, uh-oh. And I start having this internal7:47 conversation of like, okay, the family left to go somewhere, everybody's gone, I'm here. I'm in huge trouble. So I thought, somebody's gonna come back7:59 and pick me up. Hour goes by, nobody comes back. 2 hours go by, nobody comes back. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. It's late8:11 in the afternoon now, and I am by myself, and this sinking feeling comes into my soul, which is they kind of dropped8:23 you. It's like you're nobody's coming back for you. Clearly, they're not concerned about you right now. Where you are? What's going on? What's happened to you? And you know what8:35 it did? It inserted just a level of insecurity like that can happen again. The weird thing was is when everybody came home, I don't know if there was a8:46 conspiracy in the car like, okay we're gonna get out and then we're gonna walk right past Kenny, and that's what happened. I'm standing in the driveway, I'm locked out for 9 hours,8:58 and I'm waiting for, where did you go? And you know, get a hug or something like that. Everybody including my mom and dad, all my siblings, all 8 of them walk right by me, walk into the9:10 house, and they all reach higher into their different corners. And I'm standing there like going, Like, I'm there, but I'm invisible.9:22 And when you have an experience like that, it puts something in your spirit like, gosh, I I can get dropped in a heartbeat in9:34 my own family. Now I think everybody would agree that marriages are good and bad, families are good and bad, human relationships are messy. People have things that they're dealing with,9:46 people have ways of dealing with other people in relationships, but things happen in relationship that can fracture your connection with other people in9:58 your life, right? You do or don't do something that fractures your connection with another person. You say or don't say something that fractures your connection. In10:09 today's world, we watch on a daily basis relationships beginning and relationships ending. We see relationships getting fractured because of10:21 conflict and relationships being healed. Relationships being fractured permanently and never being healed. And so if that's what we see10:33 on a daily basis with people in our lives, maybe it's your own family, you see relationships ending because of a personal choice that's made in10:45 the context of that relationship that just somehow cross the line. Right? Now we have to ask the question, does it work that way10:58 in a relationship with God? Can you become a member of God's family, born again into his family, become a child of God,11:10 enter that family, and can God just decide on any given day that because of what you do or don't do, say or don't say, the relationship gets fractured and you get dropped11:23 as a part of God's eternal family. Is there anything that that you can do that that can disqualify you from that? Is that actually a possibility?Understanding Salvation and Eternal Life 11:34 Right? So in other words, can a Christian lose their salvation? Now it's important that we answer this question in your11:46 mind if it's unanswered for a really good reason, Because the quality of your relationship, whether that's with people or God, will reflect11:59 the perceived security that you have in that relationship. Like if you ever had somebody ask you, Hey, how's that relationship going? How are you and so and so? And you go, Solid.12:11 So if you answer solid, your perception of your security in that relationship is solid, and you know what goes way down? Anxiety12:23 about that relationship. Now, if your perception of your security in that relationship is low versus high, guess what?12:35 Low security, higher anxiety. I don't know. Not sure. Not sure how I'm doing. Not sure if it's gonna go forward. Not sure if if they if they12:47 love me, you know. And so that's why this is important. Right? If you have a high perception of love, protection, commitment, and security,12:59 you're gonna have a lot of peace in your relationship with God. If your perception of God's love for you, God's commitment to you,13:11 God's protection of the relationship is shaky or low, man, you're gonna have a lot of anxiety in your relationship with God, and God never13:23 intended for that to be. And we're gonna answer why. But before we dive in, right, to that exact answer, I just want to address the different groups of13:35 people who are watching this today. I would say there's 3 types of people. There's there's your all in people. Like if I were to ask you today, are you a Christian? You would say, yes, and I'm all in and praise God.13:47 It's all good. Amen. Hallelujah. You know, I'm I'm I'm in a Bible study. I'm going to church. I'm I'm doing all these things. God's spirit is at work in my life. God's on the move,13:59 etcetera, and thank God for that. You feel close, you feel connected. Right? Now, there's a second group, and that second group is what I14:10 would call in and out, where if I said, are you a believer, a follower in Jesus Christ? Like, yeah, I am a believer, but you know what? Today, I'm struggling.14:24 I felt close to God at 1 time, but right now I'm in this season, you know, maybe it's a dry season or just lot lost the wind in my sails, right, forever for whatever reason14:36 right now. So you would say, I'm in, but I don't feel as close to God as I think I should. Yeah, I believe in the promises of God, but, you know, they're just not for me right now.14:48 So you are in Christ, but you struggle. Newsflash, Christians struggle. So that's group 2. Group 3 is not all in or in and out. It's15:01 looking in. You're here and you're just like, wow, I thought that was a kind of an interesting question, and I I wanna see what the answer to that question is. Can a Christian lose their salvation? And there's something15:12 going on inside of you too. You there's just sort of this pull. There's this curiosity. Something's happening. You feel like called toward God, but maybe you don't know what that is or what that15:24 means, and I'm so glad that you have taken time here to get this question answered because I think by the end, you'll have the question answered, and you'll have a strong case to15:36 continue that journey toward a relationship with God. And so the good news for each of those categories is that the Bible addresses15:49 a tension that's connected because if you're on the looking in crowd, you're looking at people who are all in or people who are in and out. You're kind of making an assessment, and I want to address16:01 each group, all in, in and out, looking in, and because the Bible says that there are people, this is for group 1, who appear all in,16:14 but they were never in from the beginning in terms of being born again and being made a new creation. The Bible talks about this group who appear all in, but they16:26 were never in in first John 2 19. It says this, they went out from us, but they were not of us. For if they had been of us, they would have continued16:38 with us. They went out, meaning they left the faith, that it might become plain, they all are not of us. So if you've ever16:50 asked the question, hey, what about the people who checked all the boxes? Like they went to church, they had a Bible, they were part of a Bible study, and then all of a sudden, they checked out of their faith completely.17:02 The the 2 keywords I want you to remember are of us from that first John 2 19 passage. Of us means, in this context, born17:14 again with us and grafted into Christ with us. And in this case, they weren't. So they looked like they were, they said17:26 some of the right things. They showed up in some of the right spaces. They appeared to be people who were in, but they are actually people who were out. They were not17:38 born of God. They were not born again. We'll get into that in a little bit. We'll define what that means. Okay? And then group 2, there's the Bible talks about people17:50 who appear to be, at least at the moment or at least they feel to be, like they're out. Right? And that's group 2. That's the in and the out because they're totally18:01 in, but they're struggling like me. Right? I have felt that day that way on many days, and I want you to hear from an in and18:13 out Christian. Alright. His his name happens to be the apostle Paul. He says this, for I delight in the law of God in my inner being, but I see in my18:25 members another law waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members.18:38 Wretched man that I am. Who will deliver me from this body of death? Thanks be to God, Jesus Christ, our Lord. So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind,18:49 but with my flesh, I serve the law of sin. So if as a Christian, you've ever asked, like, why can't I defeat that thing19:02 that keeps defeating me? Like, you're winning some days, you're losing other days in terms of sort of your character and your maturity. You're winning some days,19:14 you're losing some days in terms of just your behaviors or your conduct. Guess what? Good news for you. You are in really good company. You're in, but some19:26 days you feel out. Right? And just side note, the best relationships are the ones we fight for. I've been married to my wife, Chrissy,19:37 for 37 years. And in those 37 years, it's not like 1 continuous stretch of endless relational victories and growth. No. It's it's more19:49 like, and it continues to be that because in those down points,20:01 we're fighting for the relationship and then progresses, and then there's another loop and a down point. And that's what actually draws us closer, we work through things, and we move20:14 forward. Now that's the all in and the in and out. Bible talks about the tension connected to those 2 groups. Here's the tension for those of you who are watching and20:26 you're looking in. Okay? And you should pay really close attention if this is you and that's your category. And the reason I'm telling you to pay really close attention is because Jesus20:38 Christ has the most amazing promise and invitation that he wants you, for lack of a better term, he wants you to take it to heart today and consider. He says this in20:49 Revelations chapter 3 verse 20, Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I21:01 will come into him and eat with him and he with me. Now in the Bible, what you need to know, that when the Bible talks about a house,21:13 it uses a house as a metaphor for our lives. So if this house that Jesus is knocking at the door on, that's your life. He21:25 says, behold, I stand at the door of you of your life, your house and knock. I'm knocking on the door of your life and anyone, keyword, anyone. So a lot of you are21:37 watching this from different parts of the world, different states, different places, different ages, you know, men, women, teenagers, probably not a lot of boys and girls, but it21:49 doesn't matter. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I'll come in and be with him. And the22:00 image of the table coming in to eat with him and he with me means that you are sharing intimate life together. When you open your22:12 table at your home, you say, welcome to our home. And then when you welcome someone into your table, that means you're letting them in to the most intimate place22:24 where you share conversation and food, and you share your soul with people. You share life, and that's the image to use the giving. So if you're looking in, man,22:36 that's a cool invitation, but notice that the door handle is on the inside. Jesus isn't like, you know, barging into your life, he's not going to twist your arm, he's not22:48 going to bust down the door. When you've considered His invitation and you want to accept it, you have to make a choice, take a risk to start a relationship with Jesus23:00 and open the door. So there's the 3 groups that I just want to get out there because you're you're coming to this this session with, you know, a certain mind frame23:12 today. Okay? Some are all in, some are in and out, some are looking in. Now, that we've kind of all been got our little box that we've self selected, we put ourselves23:24 in, and we're listening, let's get to the question. Can a Christian lose their salvation? And what I want to do is walk you through the answer to that,23:36 and specifically right now in 3 different ways. First, the answer is in the question. We'll look at that. Second, the answer to that question is in the words of Jesus himself. Third, the answer23:48 to that question is in what God declares to happen the moment someone confesses, faith and belief in the person and work of Jesus, and we are gonna24:00 look at that. But let's go to the first answer, and the answer to the question, can a Christian lose their salvation? Is in the question, itself. Specifically24:12 in in these parts, can a Christian lose their salvation? You define what a Christian is clearly and what24:24 salvation is clearly, and you will arrive at massive clarity. So what is a Christian? A Christian is a person24:36 who believes personally that the person of Jesus alone and the work of Jesus alone dying on a cross for the sins of man24:48 makes a relationship with God possible. Right? And that moment of belief is when the Bible says you are born again. If25:00 you want to go back look at John chapter 3, there's a curious it's a curious man who visits Jesus at night and he asks the question, what must I do25:12 to to inherit eternal life? And Jesus tells him directly, You must be born again. And the guy thinks normally. He's like, Oh wait, okay. So how do I go back25:23 into the womb again? And Jesus says, that which is born of flesh is flesh, physical, but that which is born of spirit is spirit.25:35 And then he talks about water and spirit like, you know, birth birth fluid, water, and then their spirit. So what he's making the distinction of is, you know, you were born physically. I'm25:47 not talking about that. I'm talking about being born spiritually. So you might have heard that term throwing around. All it is is when a person comes25:59 to belief in the person of Jesus alone as the Son of God and the work that he did for them on the cross, dying for their sin, when a person does that they26:11 become born again. They start the relationship. Right? They get adopted into God's family. They become a child of God, and a host of other things happen. But that is what a Christian26:24 is. That's when you become a child of God. Now that's Christian. That's what a Christian is. Now what is salvation? Alright. Salvation is the outcome26:36 of that belief. Okay? When when I believe that Jesus is the Son of God, and when I believe that he died on a cross to take away my26:47 sin, so that I could have a relationship with God and become a child of God, and live forever. Alright? The outcome of that is salvation. Right? Because I believed,27:00 at that moment, I now listen very closely. I have begun and will eternally continue a relationship with God. That is27:12 salvation, to begin and eternally continue a relationship with God. Very important that you get the definition of27:24 what a Christian is and what salvation is, because if we're asking the question, can a Christian lose their salvation, right? If salvation is beginning and eternally continuing a relationship with God, in that moment27:35 something begins that never ends. Because I have begun and am eternally continuing a relationship27:47 with God. In the Bible, in first John chapter 5 verse 11, it says this, and this, right, with specificity, and this is the testimony that27:59 God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his son. Right? Eternal life, by definition,28:11 once begun, cannot be broken, once it's given. God hasn't given us temporary life, he's given us eternal life. Now the28:23 problem is, it's just in our thinking about what eternal life is. Most people when they think of eternal life, they think, oh, that's when my heart stops. That's when my physical28:35 body dies and I translate, and then I'm I'm going to be with God. That's when eternal life starts. Well, that's not what the Bible teaches. The Bible teaches28:47 that your eternal life begins at the moment you become a Christian, you believe in the person and work of Christ, and you are saved.28:59 You're beginning and eternally continuing a relationship with God. But we like to think like, Oh no, eternity is there, this is now. It's eternal life is there and then, it's29:11 not here and now, but that's not what the Bible teaches. And we know this by the way that Jesus taught, for example, us how to pray. You know in the Lord's Prayer, many of you are familiar with the Lord's Prayer.29:22 Our father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.29:34 So you see that there is this 2 dimensional connection now for the Christian who's living life on earth, but they're connected to heaven because they have an eternal29:46 connection, they have eternal life. Should I do that 1 more time for just just for drill? Okay. There it is. But that's why Jesus can say, right, this is the way you pray, your kingdom come, your will be29:58 done on earth as it is in heaven. That eternal connection where you have access to God and God has a clear connection to you through Jesus, His Son. Now30:10 God's eternal plan is now present in your life and starting right now. I mean that's the super adventure, that's the super humanity,30:22 that's the super story that is called in the Bible, the Kingdom of God. That's why Jesus would preach and he'd say, Tell everyone the Kingdom of God is30:33 near. That's because if he was near, the Kingdom of God was near. So that's that whole 2 dimensional life that every Christian lives. They have a context, they have a space and place,30:45 they occupy on planet Earth, they have where they work, where they live, where they play, but if they know God, they actually are participating in God's eternal kingdom30:57 plan right where they are. It's pretty cool, and it is a super adventure to participate in that. So when it comes to the question, can31:09 I lose my salvation? Right? First of all, the answer is in the question. Define Christian and define salvation correctly, and you collide with massive31:20 clarity and confidence. Okay? So the answer to that question is in the question itself, Christian and Salvation. Define it. And hopefully that helped you defineShow more In this video 0:00 The Importance of Unanswered Questions3:05 Family Dynamics and Spiritual Security11:25 Understanding Salvation and Eternal Life31:24 Jesus' Assurance and the Role of the Holy Spirit40:06 Living in Eternal Security
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